... and El Salvador. As women participating in this effort, we have confirmed that in our countries the extractivist logic is seriously threatening our territories and populations.
The greed of corporation ...

... He added that around 600 similar cases are being processed by the tribunal highly biased in favor of corporations, and that it should disappear.
Pérez Rocha explained that an advisable measure for countrie ...

... tra's investment embodies a copy of models that have been used in other countries where corporate social responsibility initiatives have been used to promote mining exploitation.
Translated by: Giada Fe ...

Dario Bossio - Iglesia y Minería
“Historically we have known the dealings of the corporations in our lands, in our countries. We have known firsthand how human rights are violated in our territories. ...

... e topic was discussed with members of different communities while discussing economic alternatives and social alliances facing the threat of extractive industries in countries with shared borders.
Sist ...

... many scientists are concluding that in certain countries and areas, mining should be prohibited.3 El Salvador is one such place.
Global mining firms, most now headquartered in Canada and Australia, flooded ...

... corporations have to bully countries around in the globalized economy today” provided a real coherency between the local, the national and the international. And having a narrative that combined local ...

... listed by the United Nations as one of the most environmentally degraded countries in the Latin America, and that’s without any major mining operations. The enormous threat of large-scale mining for rural ...

... the proposed El Dorado mine in Cabañas), and the aggressive strategy used by multinational mining corporations that utilize provisions in trade agreements to sue countries that prioritize environmental ...

... of residents voted in favour of becoming El Salvador’s fifth “territory free of mining.”
“Mining companies have a wide field with major extension in other countries, and often they need to use the comparative ...

... ion and jobs.
The No. 1 NAFTA provision that does this is the investor-state clause. By making it easy for corporations to sue governments in other countries, this provision gives firms a big incen ...

... national and international) because of the potential negative impact the mining project could have, both environmentally and socially. Unlike other Central American countries, El Salvador still does not ...

... uctive mining projects. They also highlighted the absurdity of Canada’s ongoing praise of international trade deals and the assertion that they will contribute to economic development in countries like El Sa ...

... health and safety. A number of such cases brought against Latin American countries at the tribunal involve disputes over mines or oil and gas deposits.
“It is an arbitration mechanism that was set up ...

... countries, which came together in 2009 as International Allies, praised the communities in El Salvador that have opposed the mining company and have rallied the Salvadoran public and government to oppose ...

... the human rights of peoples” explained Bernardo Belloso, President of the Association for the Development of El Salvador.
El Salvador is one of the poorest countries, with average per capital income of ...

... people’s opposition both in its host and home countries.
In the WSF workshop, Mr. Pedro Cabezas of the International Allies to Stop Mining in El Salvador discussed how the El Salvadoran people came togethe ...

... Studies.
In 1959, Germany and Pakistan signed the first Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in the world. Without knowing, they marked a new era as many countries have followed their example sinc ...

... peoples. This is a compilation of judicial decisions that have relied on ILO Convention No. 169 in ten Latin American countries. The information provided in this Casebook will be useful for judges, lawyers ...